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TIL that in 1969, on the day Judy Garland passed away, a tornado hit Kansas

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Z88pY TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time.
xRR0 TIL of Deborah Sampson who disguised herself as a man to fight in the U.S. Revolutionary War, served in an elite Light Infantry unit and was wounded in battle. After her secret was discovered, she was honorably discharged, but had to fight to receive her veteran’s pension.
vQm4 TIL that to keep the paparazzi away during the filming of Return of the Jedi, George Lucas claimed that he was filming a horror movie called “Blue Harvest”
RLGQ TIL only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers.
eGen TIL the US imports 11% of its oil from Saudi Arabia and 38% of its oil from Canada